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Cyber policy wordings have potential to provide unintended AI cover – IUA
Although believing that artificial intelligence is ‘an insurable exposure’, explicit coverage is still hard to find as use cases around the technology continue to evolve and differ vastly between businesses, says underwriting director
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ABI releases new cyber resilience guidance
’Our new guidance highlights practical actions businesses can take to better protect themselves,’ says director of general insurance
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Rokstone’s cyber arm launches supply chain extension backed by $10m Lloyd’s capacity
’Our new extension recognises that cyber events disrupt not only an organisation’s own systems, but also the wider commercial relationships on which they depend,’ says president
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Lee Mooney: Markel UK preparing for ‘next chapter’ after internal restructure
Managing director supports international growth strategy by reshuffling divisional deck to strip siloes and boosting specialist product count
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IUA launches London market group for cyber claims professionals
’Cyber risks are changing rapidly and claims activity is influential in shaping the London market’s response to risk management demands,’ says director
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Human error still bigger cyber risk than AI-native attacks
‘While we haven’t yet seen AI-native attacks emerge as their own driver of insured loss, that could of course change at any moment,’ says chief executive
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Rogue AI Hugging Face cyber incident heralds new ‘era of agentic autonomous attacks’
’When the cost of running a full attack chain approaches zero, criminals don’t need to be selective – small and medium-sized businesses that were safe because they weren’t worth a dedicated team’s time become viable targets at scale,’ says director of cyber threat intelligence
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Consilium partners with CyberCube to strengthen cyber offering
‘By leveraging CyberCube’s analytics, Consilium will be able to support clients globally,’ says head of broker sales
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Simply Business adds cyber cover through Elevate partnership
‘We can put meaningful, accessible protection in the hands of small business owners,’ says chief executive
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Aviva updates cyber products as risks evolve
‘We’ve expanded our appetite and strengthened our cover to help brokers support a wider range of businesses from a growing range of threats,’ says head
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CFC makes key wording changes to launch affirmative AI cover
‘Rather than relying on implied or silent coverage, we see value in being explicit about how AI is treated,’ says chief underwriting officer
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Luke Baker: Dovetail policy wordings are ‘a key concern’ for risk managers in combating increasingly fragmented yet interconnected risk landscape
Alongside tailored risk transfer, captive creation is booming in preparation for the next hard insurance market cycle, says insurer’s global and specialty director
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Annual cyber notifications fall across Europe – Marsh
‘While cyber claim notifications fell across Europe in 2025, the severity of incidents remains a significant concern,’ says cyber incident manager
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Insurance sector still scratching head over ‘muddy’ emerging risk of intellectual property, cyber and general liability cross-section – Lockton
Risk managers could face policy exclusions arising from ‘complicated’ emerging risk cross-section, however broker senior vice-president ringfences geopolitical challenges as the risk community’s most pressing concern in 2026
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Axa XL enhances cyber risk prevention with new deal
’As cyber risks continue to grow, prevention, early detection and swift remediation are becoming increasingly important to business resilience,’ says managing partner
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Pen Underwriting doubles cyber cover limits and brings claims handling in-house
’Our mantra in this market is that cyber risk never stands still, so we won’t either,’ says managing director
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World Cup 2026 opens goal to ‘single point of failure’ cyber risks
Conflicts involving Russia, Ukraine, Iran and broader geopolitical tensions have ‘increased the likelihood that major events will be used as platforms for cyber-enabled messaging and symbolic attacks’, says director of threat intelligence services
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Half of UK FS chief executives ‘very optimistic’ for next 12 months despite capital constraints
’Amid ongoing uncertainty, there is a strong determination among leaders to focus on what’s within their control – taking a pragmatic, deliberate approach to growth and investment decisions that set them up for the future,’ says UK and Ireland financial services leader
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Cyber insurers warn AI is accelerating phishing and business email compromise attacks
’There’s not so much the deep fake element of it, but the speed and process in which somebody can complete a cyber attack,’ says claims director
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Biba 2026: Cyber insurers are becoming the industry’s ‘swat team’ as ransomware threats escalate
’There is no emergency service for cyber incidents. You can’t call 999 and someone is going to turn up to help you to fix it,’ says head of claims and incident management
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